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Trump Administration Imposes Caps on Graduate School Loans
The changes stem from student loan provisions in a sprawling tax and domestic policy bill signed into law last year.
After Supreme Court Decision, Louisiana Weighs Redrawing House Maps
It was not immediately clear whether Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, would postpone the May 16 primary election for House races after the co…
Romanian Man Is Sentenced in 2023 Wave of ‘Swatting’ Calls
Thomasz Szabdo, 27, had pleaded guilty in connection with dozens of reports of false crimes involving politicians, election officials and ot…
Janet Mills Bows Out of Maine Senate Race as an Insurgent Democrat Rises
Her withdrawal reflects the energy of the party’s left and voters’ unease with older candidates and paves the way for Graham Platner to …
Transgender Idaho Residents Sue After State Criminalizes Use of Bathrooms
The lawsuit seeks to block a state bathroom law that is the nation’s most restrictive, with penalties that could include a five-year priso…
Democrats Realize Good Government Is Bad Politics When It Comes to Maps
A decade ago, the party sought independent redistricting commissions. Now, in an era of extreme gerrymandering, such efforts could slow Demo…
Some Black Southerners Say Voting Rights Ruling ‘Missed the Mark’
Veterans of the civil rights movement and others said the Supreme Court decision felt like a bleak end to decades of gains in Black represen…
In Narrowing Voting Rights Act, Conservative Justices See Progress on Racism
The majority said the law was a victim of its own success and no longer needed. Dissenters responded that Congress should make the call.
How A.I. Killed Student Writing (and Revived It)
High school and college teachers are watching students write, in the classroom, in order to protect against the incursion of artificial inte…
House Adopts Budget to Unlock $70 Billion for Immigration Enforcement
The measure will allow the G.O.P. to begin working on a filibuster-proof bill to fund ICE and C.B.P., part of their plan to reopen the long-…
Mamdani’s Advice to Royals: Give That Priceless Diamond Back to India
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and King Charles did not meet privately. But if they had, the mayor said, he probably would have raised the issue of th…